164 senior principal mechanical design engineer jobs found

 Senior/Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – South Wales (Building Services) Location: South Wales  Salary: Competitive, depending on experience + package Job Type: Full-time, permanent I’m working with a well-established and highly respected Building Services Contractor based in South Wales who are currently looking to strengthen their in-house mechanical design team with the addition of a Senior or Principal Mechanical Design Engineer . With a strong pipeline of secured work across a range of sectors – including commercial, education, healthcare, residential, hospitality, and retail – this is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to step into a role with real responsibility and the backing of an experienced, supportive team. 🏗️ About the Role This is a lead design role within the business. You’ll be responsible for managing mechanical design from early-stage concept through to technical delivery on site. You’ll act as the main point of contact for...

 Senior/Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – South Wales (Building Services) Location: South Wales  Salary: Competitive, depending on experience + package Job Type: Full-time, permanent I’m working with a well-established and highly respected Building Services Contractor based in South Wales who are currently looking to strengthen their in-house mechanical design team with the addition of a Senior or Principal Mechanical Design Engineer . With a strong pipeline of secured work across a range of sectors – including commercial, education, healthcare, residential, hospitality, and retail – this is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to step into a role with real responsibility and the backing of an experienced, supportive team. 🏗️ About the Role This is a lead design role within the business. You’ll be responsible for managing mechanical design from early-stage concept through to technical delivery on site. You’ll act as the main point of contact for...

 Senior/Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – South Wales (Building Services) Location: South Wales  Salary: Competitive, depending on experience + package Job Type: Full-time, permanent I’m working with a well-established and highly respected Building Services Contractor based in South Wales who are currently looking to strengthen their in-house mechanical design team with the addition of a Senior or Principal Mechanical Design Engineer . With a strong pipeline of secured work across a range of sectors – including commercial, education, healthcare, residential, hospitality, and retail – this is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to step into a role with real responsibility and the backing of an experienced, supportive team. 🏗️ About the Role This is a lead design role within the business. You’ll be responsible for managing mechanical design from early-stage concept through to technical delivery on site. You’ll act as the main point of contact for...

Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Oxford | Sectors: Low Carbon, Heritage, Education, Healthcare About the Company Join a well-established, independent building services consultancy in Oxford, known for delivering sustainable, technically robust solutions across heritage refurbishments, modern low-energy campuses, and complex infrastructure projects. Our integrated team combines mechanical, electrical, lighting, Passivhaus, and building physics expertise under one roof. With a strong pipeline of work and investment in people, this role offers long-term progression and a chance to shape meaningful projects. The Role As a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will: Lead mechanical design from RIBA Stage 2 to handover: HVAC, hot/cold water, and sustainable strategies. Collaborate with clients, architects, and internal teams to create energy-efficient, technically sound solutions. Apply building physics and performance analysis where...

Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Oxford | Sectors: Low Carbon, Heritage, Education, Healthcare About the Company Join a well-established, independent building services consultancy in Oxford, known for delivering sustainable, technically robust solutions across heritage refurbishments, modern low-energy campuses, and complex infrastructure projects. Our integrated team combines mechanical, electrical, lighting, Passivhaus, and building physics expertise under one roof. With a strong pipeline of work and investment in people, this role offers long-term progression and a chance to shape meaningful projects. The Role As a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will: Lead mechanical design from RIBA Stage 2 to handover: HVAC, hot/cold water, and sustainable strategies. Collaborate with clients, architects, and internal teams to create energy-efficient, technically sound solutions. Apply building physics and performance analysis where...

Senior / Principal Mechanical Engineer Location: Bristol Discipline: Mechanical Building Services An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join a growing multi-disciplinary building services team. You’ll be part of a dynamic and innovative group delivering projects from early-stage strategy and concept design through to detailed design, construction and post-completion evaluation. This role is ideal for a Senior Engineer ready to step up, or an established Principal Engineer seeking more autonomy, leadership and influence in project delivery and team development. What You’ll Be Doing Lead the design and delivery of mechanical building services systems, including calculations, schematics, specifications, models, equipment schedules and technical documentation. Oversee projects from concept to completion, ensuring technical excellence, innovation and compliance with relevant regulations and standards. Attend and lead design team...

Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – Building Services 📍 Southampton (Hybrid Working) 💼 Full-Time 💰 Highly Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits About the Role A leading independent building services consultancy on the South Coast is seeking a Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join their growing team in Southampton. Known for their technical strength, sustainable approach, and long-term client relationships, this firm delivers a broad range of projects across the healthcare, education, research, commercial, and industrial sectors. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer ready to lead projects, manage teams, and play an integral part in delivering innovative and low-carbon mechanical building services solutions. What You’ll Be Doing Lead mechanical design on a range of complex projects, from early-stage feasibility to technical delivery and handover Take ownership of project outputs including reports, calculations, technical...

Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – Building Services 📍 Southampton (Hybrid Working) 💼 Full-Time 💰 Highly Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits About the Role A leading independent building services consultancy on the South Coast is seeking a Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join their growing team in Southampton. Known for their technical strength, sustainable approach, and long-term client relationships, this firm delivers a broad range of projects across the healthcare, education, research, commercial, and industrial sectors. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer ready to lead projects, manage teams, and play an integral part in delivering innovative and low-carbon mechanical building services solutions. What You’ll Be Doing Lead mechanical design on a range of complex projects, from early-stage feasibility to technical delivery and handover Take ownership of project outputs including reports, calculations, technical...

Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Oxford | Sectors: Low Carbon, Heritage, Education, Healthcare About the Company Join a well-established, independent building services consultancy in Oxford, known for delivering sustainable, technically robust solutions across heritage refurbishments, modern low-energy campuses, and complex infrastructure projects. Our integrated team combines mechanical, electrical, lighting, Passivhaus, and building physics expertise under one roof. With a strong pipeline of work and investment in people, this role offers long-term progression and a chance to shape meaningful projects. The Role As a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will: Lead mechanical design from RIBA Stage 2 to handover: HVAC, hot/cold water, and sustainable strategies. Collaborate with clients, architects, and internal teams to create energy-efficient, technically sound solutions. Apply building physics and performance analysis where...

Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – Building Services 📍 Southampton (Hybrid Working) 💼 Full-Time 💰 Highly Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits About the Role A leading independent building services consultancy on the South Coast is seeking a Senior to Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join their growing team in Southampton. Known for their technical strength, sustainable approach, and long-term client relationships, this firm delivers a broad range of projects across the healthcare, education, research, commercial, and industrial sectors. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer ready to lead projects, manage teams, and play an integral part in delivering innovative and low-carbon mechanical building services solutions. What You’ll Be Doing Lead mechanical design on a range of complex projects, from early-stage feasibility to technical delivery and handover Take ownership of project outputs including reports, calculations, technical...

Senior / Principal Mechanical Engineer Location: Bristol Discipline: Mechanical Building Services An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join a growing multi-disciplinary building services team. You’ll be part of a dynamic and innovative group delivering projects from early-stage strategy and concept design through to detailed design, construction and post-completion evaluation. This role is ideal for a Senior Engineer ready to step up, or an established Principal Engineer seeking more autonomy, leadership and influence in project delivery and team development. What You’ll Be Doing Lead the design and delivery of mechanical building services systems, including calculations, schematics, specifications, models, equipment schedules and technical documentation. Oversee projects from concept to completion, ensuring technical excellence, innovation and compliance with relevant regulations and standards. Attend and lead design team...

Job Description Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on leading the way on solving difficult engineering problems? Are you drawn to complex projects and excited by the opportunity to rapidly progress your technical leadership skills to the next level, heading up multi-disciplinary projects? If so, you might enjoy solving the energy industry’s most important mechanical engineering conundrums for a multitude of energy systems across a variety of clients. You could be Managing exciting projects designing test rigs in support of the development of the UKs nuclear fusion capabilities, carrying out structural integrity assessment of primary plant (for both civil and defence applications) to keep existing fleet generating, designing high integrity structures for new nuclear establishments, or leading one of many renewable energy projects across a growing carbon net zero portfolio. You’re likely to be juggling several projects simultaneously, so enjoying...

Job Description Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on leading the way on solving difficult engineering problems? Are you drawn to complex projects and excited by the opportunity to rapidly progress your technical leadership skills to the next level, heading up multi-disciplinary projects? If so, you might enjoy solving the energy industry’s most important mechanical engineering conundrums for a multitude of energy systems across a variety of clients. You could be Managing exciting projects designing test rigs in support of the development of the UKs nuclear fusion capabilities, carrying out structural integrity assessment of primary plant (for both civil and defence applications) to keep existing fleet generating, designing high integrity structures for new nuclear establishments, or leading one of many renewable energy projects across a growing carbon net zero portfolio. You’re likely to be juggling several projects simultaneously, so enjoying...

Job Description Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on leading the way on solving difficult engineering problems? Are you drawn to complex projects and excited by the opportunity to rapidly progress your technical leadership skills to the next level, heading up multi-disciplinary projects? If so, you might enjoy solving the energy industry’s most important mechanical engineering conundrums for a multitude of energy systems across a variety of clients. You could be Managing exciting projects designing test rigs in support of the development of the UKs nuclear fusion capabilities, carrying out structural integrity assessment of primary plant (for both civil and defence applications) to keep existing fleet generating, designing high integrity structures for new nuclear establishments, or leading one of many renewable energy projects across a growing carbon net zero portfolio. You’re likely to be juggling several projects simultaneously, so enjoying...

Job Description Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on leading the way on solving difficult engineering problems? Are you drawn to complex projects and excited by the opportunity to rapidly progress your technical leadership skills to the next level, heading up multi-disciplinary projects? If so, you might enjoy solving the energy industry’s most important mechanical engineering conundrums for a multitude of energy systems across a variety of clients. You could be Managing exciting projects designing test rigs in support of the development of the UKs nuclear fusion capabilities, carrying out structural integrity assessment of primary plant (for both civil and defence applications) to keep existing fleet generating, designing high integrity structures for new nuclear establishments, or leading one of many renewable energy projects across a growing carbon net zero portfolio. You’re likely to be juggling several projects simultaneously, so enjoying...

Job Description Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on leading the way on solving difficult engineering problems? Are you drawn to complex projects and excited by the opportunity to rapidly progress your technical leadership skills to the next level, heading up multi-disciplinary projects? If so, you might enjoy solving the energy industry’s most important mechanical engineering conundrums for a multitude of energy systems across a variety of clients. You could be Managing exciting projects designing test rigs in support of the development of the UKs nuclear fusion capabilities, carrying out structural integrity assessment of primary plant (for both civil and defence applications) to keep existing fleet generating, designing high integrity structures for new nuclear establishments, or leading one of many renewable energy projects across a growing carbon net zero portfolio. You’re likely to be juggling several projects simultaneously, so enjoying...

Job Description Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on leading the way on solving difficult engineering problems? Are you drawn to complex projects and excited by the opportunity to rapidly progress your technical leadership skills to the next level, heading up multi-disciplinary projects? If so, you might enjoy solving the energy industry’s most important mechanical engineering conundrums for a multitude of energy systems across a variety of clients. You could be Managing exciting projects designing test rigs in support of the development of the UKs nuclear fusion capabilities, carrying out structural integrity assessment of primary plant (for both civil and defence applications) to keep existing fleet generating, designing high integrity structures for new nuclear establishments, or leading one of many renewable energy projects across a growing carbon net zero portfolio. You’re likely to be juggling several projects simultaneously, so enjoying...

We are looking to strengthen our engineering team with a Senior Mechanical Engineer based at Brighton with hybrid working available.  You will report directly to the Principal Engineer and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. You will co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract. Key responsibilities will include: Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively. The term ‘cost’ is to embrace all costs associated with the design and the subsequent construction of the design. To be cost effective the whole out turn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs,...

Job Description The UK Energy market is undergoing unprecedented change as the country strives towards a net zero carbon target. The sector must contend with high penetration of modern generation, transmission and distribution technologies, energy storage and prepare for the increased demand associated with the electrification of transport and heat as the countries progresses along the decarbonisation pathway. As part of the Net Zero agenda, networks have a crucial role in delivering the renewable energy which is required to be connected. The transmission network operators have secured c.£8bn as part of the RIIO T2 package. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of the energy sector, to deliver outstanding projects and be part of the solution to delivering Net Zero. We empower our people to be the professional individuals they want to be, working on projects they feel proud of, making a difference to the world they live in and the legacy they leave behind....

Senior / Principal Electrical Design Engineers (Building Services) RPS is currently seeking  Senior  or a  Principal level Electrical Design Engineer  (Building Services) to join either the team in our  Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham  or  Newcastle  office on a  hybrid basis .  About The Design Business: RPS Design Division delivers projects across multiple, niche sectors from residential housing developments, logistics, retail, aviation, healthcare, education, advanced manufacturing, data centres, energy and more as we strive to achieve the right balance between form and function when faced with competing priorities around sustainability, materiality, cost and constructability. Digitalisation is at the core of our delivery model allowing our clients and their stakeholders to really experience our designs right from project concept stage and through drawing on expertise spanning decades, industries and disciplines, we assist clients to harmonise design drivers...